If nature has commanded that of all the animals, infancy shall last longest in human beings--it is because nature knows how many r...ivers there are to cross and paths to retrace. Nature provides time for mistakes to be corrected (by both children and adults), for prejudices to overcome, and for children to catch their breath and restore their image of themselves, peers, parents, teachers, and the world.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
They [children] are autonomously capable of making meaning from their daily life experiences through mental acts involving plannin...g, coordination of ideas, and abstraction.... The central act of adults, therefore, is to activate, especially indirectly, the meaning-making competencies of children as a basis of all learning. They must try to capture the right moments, and then find the right approaches, for bringing together, into a fruitful dialogue, their meanings and interpretations with those children.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Creativity seems to emerge from multiple experiences, coupled with a well-supported development of personal resources, including a... sense of freedom to venture beyond the known.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The wider the range of possibilities we offer children, the more intense will be their motivations and the richer their experience...s. We must widen the range of topics and goals, the types of situations we offer and their degree of structure, the kinds and combinations of resources and materials, and the possible interactions with things, peers, and adults.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Learning and teaching should not stand on opposite banks and just watch the river flow by; instead, they should embark together on... a journey down the water. Through an active, reciprocal exchange, teaching can strengthen learning how to learn.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Creativity becomes more visible when adults try to be more attentive to the cognitive processes of children than to the results th...ey achieve in various fields of doing and understanding.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »